Affiliated media: Kloop.kg , News website

Incident date: February 9, 2022

Attack type:

• Bullying, intimidation, pressure, threats of violence and death, including cyber-

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Source: Internews

Location: Kyrgyzstan, Bishkek

Additional information:

Rallies against the independent online media Kaktus.media and kloop.kg were held in Bishkek. The participants of the rallies demanded to fine the media and toughen the law on NGOs. Young people came out to the picket with posters. One of the posters read: «Republishing a provocative article means sharing the point of view of foreign provocateurs», «I want to ask all journalists to republish news from normal Tajik websites or take information from bloggers, because Asia Plus is funded by the U.S. State Department. Now, after Kaktus.media republisned the materials, all Tajik media say that the last conflict on the border was started first by Kyrgyzstan, they blame us», — said former deputy Tursunbai Bakir uulu.